The IRB is the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada which decides on the admission of those applying for refugee status from within Canada. Values include cases referred to the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) on or after December 15, 2012 ("new system"). Claims finalized or pending may have been referred in a previous period.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, irb-cisr.gc.ca, 2023. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
This statistic shows the status of refugee claims referred to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada in 2023. A total of nearly 138 thousand refugee claims were referred to the IRB in Canada by the end of 2023.
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Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. (February 28, 2024). Status of Immigration and Refugee Board claim referrals in Canada in 2023 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/550831/status-of-irb-refugee-referrals-canada/
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Status of Immigration and Refugee Board claim referrals in Canada in 2023 [Graph], Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, February 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/550831/status-of-irb-refugee-referrals-canada/
